Top 10 Richest African Countries by Overall GDP

What’s the richest African country today by its overall GDP?.

Here is the list of the top 10 African Countries today with their respective overall GDP.

According to the International Monetary Fund ranked by GDP this year, these are the top 10 African Countries that have the highest overall GDP.

The calculation of a country’s GDP encompasses all private and public consumption, government outlays, investments, additions to private inventories, paid-in construction costs, and the foreign balance of trade. (Exports are added to the value and imports are subtracted).

Of all the components that make up a country’s GDP, the foreign balance of trade is especially important.

The GDP of a country tends to increase when the total value of goods and services that domestic producers sell to foreign countries exceeds the total value of foreign goods and services that domestic consumers buy.

When this situation occurs, a country is said to have a trade surplus.

In Africa, ranked by their current GDP, these are the top 10 most wealthy African countries.

Wealthiest African Countries By GDP:

1. Egypt 🇪🇬  – $1.38 trillion
2. Nigeria 🇳🇬 – $1.14 trillion
3. South Africa 🇿🇦 – $861.93 billion
4. Algeria 🇩🇿  – $532.57 billion
5. Morocco 🇲🇦  – $302.77 billion
6. Ethiopia 🇪🇹  – $298.57 billion
7. Kenya 🇰🇪  – $269.29 billion
8. Angola 🇦🇴  – $217.97 billion
9. Ghana 🇬🇭  – $193.63 billion
10. Sudan 🇸🇩  – $189.87 billion